An Accurate Legendre Collocation Scheme for Coupled Hyperbolic Equations With Variable Coefficients

Abstract

The study of numerical solutions of nonlinear coupled hyperbolic partial differential equations (PDEs) with variable coefficients subject to initial-boundary conditions continues to be a major research area with widespread applications in modern physics and technology. One of the most important advantages of collocation method is the possibility of dealing with nonlinear partial differential equations (NPDEs) as well as PDEs with variable coefficients. A numerical solution based on a Legendre collocation method is extended to solve nonlinear coupled hyperbolic PDEs with variable coefficients. This approach, which is based on Legendre polynomials and Gauss-Lobatto quadrature integration, reduces the solving of nonlinear coupled hyperbolic PDEs with variable coefficients to a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations that is far easier to solve. The obtained results show that the proposed numerical algorithm is efficient and very accurate.